Herm... I'm still wondering, since my cpu did reach those temperatures, and everybody is exclaiming its extremeness.... would it most likely be damaged??

I doubt it is damaged.

Symptoms i have seen of a dieing cpu are failure to post/boot at anything above stock v or fsb or freezes shortly after booting. I have killed a couple of pentium D cpus from relatively high v and temps for long periods of time.

Short periods at those temps should be ok but should be avoided to maximize longevity. Every chip is different tho so there is no guarantee